A coat of arms featuring a fruit tree debruised by a fess with three spotted roundels. At the helm, surrounded by mantling much larger than the shield, is a knight's helmet. A flaming heart atop a torse is at the crest. At the top is the motto Ex Corde Charitas.
Subject (Name):
George Watson's College Library and Watson, George
Subject (Topic):
Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Libraries, Medical colleges, Shield, and Tree
A caduceus surrounded by a decorative border is at center, with several books and a quill pen and inkwell beneath it. At the bottom center of the plate reads Minneapolis, Minn.
Merkwürdige Reisen durch Niedersachsen, Holland und Engelland
Description:
BEIR WB 42971: Imperfect: Vol. 3 wanting., Editor's dedication signed: Johann Georg Schelhorn., Imprint to vol. 3 reads: Ulm 1754 auf Kosten der Gaumischen Handlung., Printer's name from colophon of vols. 2 and 3., and Pagination: v. 1: [14], CLXXXVI, 544 p., frontis. port. and 26 folded leaves of plates; v. 2: [4], 604 p., 28-32, [4] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: [12], 756 p. including frontis., + [14] folded leaves of plates.
Publisher:
Gedruckt von Christian Ulrich Wagner
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands, Great Britain, and Lower Saxony (Germany)
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Libraries, and Authors, German
Two classical figures stand on either side of a view of the interior of a library with its shelves filled with books and an arm chair on the right. Putti are shown in the foreground and in the image in various stages of engagement with books. In the banner above the dome of the alcove in the library reads 'Utile dulci'.
Description:
Title from caption in image., Place and date of creation inscribed below banner., and For further information, consult library staff.
A woman and a bearded man attending a sick patient. On each side of the image is a caduceus. The insignias for McGill University, the University of Pennsylvania, Oxford, and Johns Hopkins are seen in the four corners. At the bottom reads Purchased through the William Osler Testimonial Fund for the Advancement of Medicine.
Subject (Name):
Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Caduceus, Libraries, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, Medical colleges, Physicians, Shield, Snakes, Storks, Sun, and Surgeons
